18th Alabama Infantry22nd Alabama Infantry3rd Confederate Infantry Some Confederate officers did not care for the colors and were told by Beauregard, in no uncertain terms to, 'dye it red sir, dye it with your blood!'" Marched 42 miles south through Strasburg to Mount Jackson. Author. Company D Monroe Guards, Monroe Co., WVA, Hugh S. Tiffany Your email address will not be published. The War Department granted the brigades request that they be officially known as the Stonewall Brigade, becoming the only unit larger than a regiment in the army to have an official nickname. 6th Kentucky Infantry38th Alabama Infantry4th Mississippi Infantry This flag was carried by the 1st Texas later in the war. Baylor, John H.S. White Reached Lexington. Archer, and Majors William R. Foster and John P. Wilson, Jr. Newton And render the service due to your State and Country. Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. The brigade replenished its ammunition and cleaned their guns before returning to the attack, moving in between Jones and Nicholls Brigades on the right of the line. Questions or comments? by Philip Katcher & Rick Scollins; Osprey Publishing Ltd., London, 1992. did not fight on Culps Hill on July 2. The brigade was under artillery bombardment in the morning. It is based upon the design of the Confederate national flag (known as the Stars and Bars), but modified to feature the Lone Star of Texas. Music: "The Bonnie Blue Flag", History of the 1st Mississippi Infantry (State Troops) And render the service due to your State and Country. (later transferred to artillery and known as Carpenters Battery) (company letter, nickname, where members were from, and first captain), Second Regiment Remained in position skirmishing on the Armys left flank. Company C Mountain Guard Augusta County Captain R.L. The brigade reached a ridge near Groveton after having marched three days with only about four hours sleep. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents, (SVG file, nominally 601 360 pixels, file size: 98 KB), User:Illegitimate Barrister/Favorite Images, Commons:Quality images candidates/Archives November 04 2015, Flags of the Confederate States of America, copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder, released into the public domain by the copyright holder, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_Virginia_(18611865).svg&oldid=703887322, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This vector image was completely created by, I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the. Assigned to Terrys Consolidated Brigade, Gordons Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Surrendered 8 officers and 48 men, probably under the command of Captain Curtis, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia, Terrys Consolidated Brigade, Gordons Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia, Gordons Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Upson County (Ga.) Guards8th Virginia Infantry5th Florida Infantry The 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, under Colonel Kenton Harper. Designated 5th Infantry Regiment and assigned to 1st Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah under Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson. The field officers were Colonels William S.H. The unit sustained 120 casualties at Chancellorsville and of the 345 engaged at Gettysburg, sixteen percent were disabled. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Marched north to meet Union forces advancing on the town but Banks declined to attack. Company L was converted to artillery, the. Williams Your email address will not be published. (function() { Marched for Winchester at 4 a.m., reaching the town around noon. Col. William R. Creighton, Seventh Ohio, As discussed above, Werts claim that the Fourteenth Connecticut was responsible for the capture of portions of the Fourth Virginia is almost certainly incorrect and the weight of evidence indicates that the Seventh Ohio was actually the primary unit to accept the surrender of the Virginians. JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. The other four colors captured by the Fourteenth Connecticut belonged to Tennessee and North Carolina units of Pettigrews Division who participated in the assault.12 If the flag captured by the Fourteenth indeed belonged to a Virginia regiment, it was more likely one of Picketts Virginia regiments, rather than the Stonewall Brigade. The unit became part of the Stonewall Brigade and served under Generals T.J. Jackson, Richard B. Garnett, Charles Sidney Winder, Elisha F. Paxton, James A. Walker, and William Terry. 5 Godard does not make any claims that the flags belonged to the Stonewall Brigade, but they are certainly the same flags discussed by Geary and Slocum. d.write('